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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Oxford UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WG319 |
| MSN: | C1/0375 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) |
Written off 18/7/1961: The pilot was unaware that the aircraft had struck a power point while taxying over the grass at Valley, Anglesey. He carried out three circuits and taxied back in before the damage to the underside of the aircraft was discovered.
Deemed to have been damaged beyond economic repair, and struck off charge on 26/07/1961 as Cat.5(c). Remains reduced to a "Chippax" PAX trainer (cockpit section) for ground instructional use at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Subsequently scrapped.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983, p.43)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2008 22:29 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Nov-2011 09:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2014 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2020 07:57 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
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